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Brottensburgh, Ohio

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Brottensburgh is a ghost town in Mad River Township of Clark County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. It was located less than one mile from Enon, but the precise location is unknown to the GNIS.[1]

History

Brottensburgh developed around a gristmill built in 1818 on the Mad River.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brottenburgh (historical)
  2. ^ Rockel, William Mahlon (1908). 20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 320.
  3. ^ The History of Clark County, Ohio. W.H.Beers. 1881. p. 727.